Proverbs 8:15

Proverbs 8:15. By me kings reign— All authority and power come from God; and all those who are established over others have received from the author of this wisdom all their superiority. Whether God gives a prince in his anger, or in his mercy, it is he who hath established him; nor can they worthily exercise their power without the succours and assistance of wisdom. A prince may be a prince without having wisdom; but without it, he can neither be a good nor a happy prince. Wisdom is the very first of royal qualities. "The best and most excellent present which God can give to men, is a just and virtuous prince, and one like himself:" Nullum est praestabilius et pulchrius Dei munus erga mortales, quam castus, sanctus, et Deo smillimus princeps, says Pliny in his Panegyric of Trajan.